Balun Energy
CTO of a Viennese Startup making world's best wind power forecasts with AI. ~3mio€² in funding, forecasting for 20%¹ of Austria's wind capacity.
accepting new projects!
Data Science / AI Consultant, ML Researcher, ex-CTO
Prioritise the right use‑cases, build bespoke models, and set up pipelines that scale. Let’s turn your ideas into outcomes.
Get in touchAbout Me
With over a decade of experience shipping data projects, I have a pragmatic approach to problem-solving and love a good challenge. I thrive on seeing good ideas come to life (in code or in physical form). I enjoy partnering with teams to de-risk product bets via rapid experiments.
Catch me at badminton, a makerspace or the Donauinsel
Services: let's put your data to work
Project & Strategy Consulting
- Identify high‑impact problems, scope them with clear success metrics
- Prioritise use-cases by value, complexity, and risk.
- Set roadmap with success criteria and realistic KPIs.
- Assess data readiness (privacy, access, quality).
Machine Learning R&D
- Quickly establish strong baselines and PoCs.
- Select the right algorithms for the task from {time-series, computer vision, NLP, tabular, etc.}.
- Turn research papers into bleeding-edge performance products
- Build MVP models with your data; evaluated against metrics (offline/backtests/A/B).
- Optimize for reliability/robustness/scalability; add explainability & guardrails.
Data & MLOps Pipeline Setup
- Implement robust ETL with traceability.
- Build testable, reproducible CI/CD‑enabled pipelines
- Deploy batch and real-time serving at scale.
- Monitor quality, drift, performance. Add retraining if necessary
Projects and Success Stories
A selection of (non-NDA) projects
DailyLauncher
A customizable new‑tab experience that lets you design your own start page with drag‑and‑drop widgets.
Creative Coding
A collection of generative art pieces exploring geometry, randomness and emergence using Processing.
Rail Cargo Austria Wagon Planning
Digitalising wagon allocation for a pan‑European rail freight leader. I worked with Rail Cargo Austria and research partners to turn a manual planning process into a data‑driven system that anticipates uncertainties in demand and generates optimal wagon plans within minutes.
LifeSim
A Lua sandbox simulating evolving organisms that move, eat, reproduce and mutate over time.
MARLAnts
A multi‑agent reinforcement learning experiment where simulated ants learn to cooperatively build towers.
CareerPather
An interactive tool that helps you explore and compare tech careers, from data science to site‑reliability engineering.
GoldGeld
A quick LSTM experiment exploring whether neural networks can predict daily gold price movements.
Lego Technic Mars Rover
A fully remote‑controlled 2.7 kg rover built from scratch with 11 motors, pneumatics and realistic functions.
Ricotta and Brunost
A kitchen experiment in making fresh ricotta cheese and turning the leftover whey into sweet brunost.
Stranger Lights
A geo‑fenced lighting system that turns on your lights automatically when you’re nearby, built with PubNub, Bluetooth and Arduino.
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